provided to The Santiva Chronicle
The 21st annual “Ding” Darling Winter Lecture Series opens Thursday, Jan. 22, with Tony Lapi, longtime innkeeper at the historic ‘Tween Waters Inn & Marina on Captiva Island, speaking about famous guests like “Ding” Darling and Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, plus other anecdotes from his book Tales of an Island Innkeeper. He will deliver two lectures at the open-air The Roost at the “Ding” Darling Visitor & Education Center on Sanibel Island: one at 10 a.m. and the other at 1 p.m.
In his memoir, Lapi reflects on his 48-year ‘Tween Waters journey, weaving the history of Sanibel and Captiva islands with his stories of memorable guests, employees, and incidents at the inn. First serving as general manager, then president and CEO, and now as chairman of the board, Lapi has seen the inn’s evolution first hand. Bank of the Islands sponsors Lapi’s lecture.
See the complete calendar of the season’s lectures below and at dingdarlingsociety.org/lecture-series.
Note: Opinions expressed in guest lectures do not necessarily reflect the views of refuge and DDWS management, staff, and board of directors…